Coroner's Inquest

• Coroner’s jury calls for medical resources in Ontario schools for disabled children

  The recommendation was one of 21 jurors suggested after hearing the case of 18-year-old Samuel Brown, who died five years ago at a school for the blind in Brantford, Ont.

  Canada

  Sep 7
  
• Another inquest jury recommends police body cameras after B.C. man fatally shot

  The inquest was held to find the facts behind the fatal police shooting of 39-year-old Waylon Edey of Yahk, B.C., who died in January 2015 after a traffic stop in Castlegar.

  Crime

  Sep 4
  
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• School staff checked on Samuel Brown throughout night before he died, inquest hears

  A coroner's inquest has heard that overnight staff at an Ontario school for blind children were shocked to find a disabled teen unresponsive after routinely checking on him.

  Canada

  Aug 30
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• Coroner to hold inquest into Royal Military College cadet’s suicide

  The family of a cadet who killed himself while attending Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont., has asked the coroner to investigate what led to their son's death.

  Canada

  Aug 15
• Date set for inquest into elderly couple killed in Cobourg hospital ER shooting in 2017

  While the couple were in hospital, William Ryan, 70, shot his 76-year-old wife Helen. Two police officers shot and killed the man when he refused to put down the weapon.

  Crime

  Aug 9
• Inquest ordered into death of man shot by Peterborough police in 2019

  According to the SIU, William Shea had been involved in a standoff with city police and OPP and "raised a shotgun" at officers. A Peterborough Police Service officer then shot him.

  Crime

  Aug 4
• Police believed man killed in Lytton standoff shot in their direction, inquest hears

  The police who responded to a 911 call about a suicidal man told the coroner's jury in Burnaby, B.C., that when they arrived, Barry Shantz shot at them through a window.

  Crime

  Jul 5
• Inquest into deaths of 3 workers hit by vehicles at separate job sites set for August

  The joint inquest into the deaths of Talbot Bouwman, Lawrence Brubacher-Horst and Adam Chmielarz is set to begin on Aug. 8.

  Canada

  Jul 5
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• Family of B.C. man killed by police hopes inquest can prevent future ‘suicide by cop’

  Barry Shantz was shot by police at his Lytton, B.C., home during a six-hour standoff on Jan. 13, 2020. According to a watchdog report, he wanted to die at the hands of police.

  Crime

  Jul 4
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• Public inquest for Kelowna in-custody death scheduled

  A public inquest into the in-custody death of a Kelowna man has been scheduled for next month, the BC Coroner's Office said Friday in a statement.

  Crime

  May 26